Friday, February 11, 2005


Lots more good news. Drew is back up over his birth weight after losing almost 100 grams. He has started eating pretty regularly, and his current feeding schedule is at 17cc every 3 hours, and they are increasing 2cc's every 12 hours. He graduated to his isolette this morning. The isolette is a big plexiglass box with some holes in it to reach your arms through. Some of you might know it as an incubator. This is a good thing, but it does isolate him more when we are just in to look at him, and play with him. We will still be able to hold him when we want, though. We visited Drewbaby today before the doctors made their rounds. Yesterday, they mentioned that they were going to keep tabs on the heart murmur, but they didn't seem particularly concerned. They explained that it was something they expected in preemies, and they typically took note of it, and if it continued, then they would take a more in depth look at it.

Gracie's Mom flew back this morning. It was wonderful having her here to help, counsel and comfort these past couple of weeks.

We are moving to the Ronald McDonald house this afternoon. We have been looking forward to getting settled down, and especially someplace that is so close to the hospital. See you all tomorrow.

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